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	<body><h1>Welcome to Organised DKP</h1>
		<p>Sorry for the crude HTML page, Ruby-forge's support for project websites is attrocious.  I've just hacked together some static information about my project for the curious.</p>
		<p>This page WILL get stale, my aim here is only to give an outline of the project.  Up to date information is currently via our <a href="http://oc.playz.it">guild's forums</a>.  Please check there for up to date info.
		<h2>What is Organised DKP</h2>
		<p>Organised DKP is a web based Raid Tracker and DKP system designed for World of Warcraft.  My idea is that it should be a replacement for EQDKP and similar systems.</p>
		<h2>What's wrong with EQDKP</h2>
		<p>Well basically it wasn't designed for warcraft.  This means it struggles with some basic stuff.  For example nobody is certain if a raid should contain one boss kill, or all the boss kills in the raid.  Trying to support fixed price (aka zero sum) systems is a nightmare.  If you want to add bonuses for signing up (etc) it becomes tricky.</p>
		<p>Part of the problem is that EQDKP is old and awkard to work with.  By reimplementing on a rails framework hopefully it will be easier to add feature.</p>
		<h2>How far have you got?</h2>
		<p>Well at the time of writing Organised DKP is almost a fully functional raid tracker.  It will track attendance / loot drops / sign up bonuses / etc.  There may be teething issues but give it a spin.</p>
		<h2>What about DKP?</h2>
		<p>That's on my TODO list.  I'd like to be reasonably DKP agnostic, so support bidding systems and zero sum systems.  I'd like to be able to cope with various nuances that people have, e.g. upgrade prices, DKP bonus per hour.  I'd like to be able to change things retrospectively, so if you decide that BWL raids are only woth 100 DKP not 120 DKP it should be possible to change it across the board.</p>
		<h2>Sounds great, how do I try it?</h2>
		<p>Currently it's alpha so you will need a bit of technical knowledge to get it up and running, here is a rough guide of what you need to install:</p>
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			<li>Install <a href="http://rubyonrails.org">Ruby on Rails</a></li>
			<li>Install a Database</li>
			<li>Install a Subversion client</li>
			<li>Download Organised DKP from Subversion</li>
			<li>Create databases (see config/database.yml)</li>
			<li>Run "rake migrate" to install the schema</li>
			<li>Start your server</li>
		</ul>
		<h2>Hudini, your out of date FAQ is uselss, I need to contact you</h2>
		<p>Yeah, sorry about that.  The best way is to visit the <a href="http://oc.playz.it">Organised Chaos forum</a> for now.  I'm easily found, often in the technical section.
		<h2>Sounds cool, can I help?</h2>
		<p>Sure, I desparately need help in particular with the CSS side of things.  Any input greatfuly received. Get in touch via the above link.</p>
		<h2>Which DKP system should our guild use?</h2>
		<p>Hahaha, can of worms opened!  A lot depends on your guild.  Best go to our forums and join in the conversations there :)</p>

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